Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has announced a demonstration at Delhi's India Gate on 5 September. One of the demands of this protest is that the students against whom FIRs were lodged should be withdrawn. CJP says that the government had agreed to this but now it has backed down. Before the CJP demonstration, the Central Government has appealed to the Supreme Court to use its powers to quash the FIR. This matter will be heard in the Supreme Court on 1st September i.e. Tuesday.
On Monday, Solicitor General of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta presented a petition before the bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant. In this petition presented by the Central Government, it has been appealed that using the powers given under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court should declare justice in these cases complete so that these FIRs can be cancelled. Let us tell you that these FIRs have been registered on the charges of spreading violence during the protests.
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In fact, CJP has been demanding since the beginning that there should not be an FIR against the protesting students. Even when talks were held between the government and CJP to end the protest, it was agreed that the cases would be withdrawn. A few days ago, CJP had alleged that the government was breaking its promises. Now just 5 days before the CJP protest, the government has reached the Supreme Court so that the cases can be withdrawn.
What is Article 142?
This article of the Constitution gives the power to the highest court of the country i.e. the Supreme Court to declare the pending cases completed. Under this article, the Supreme Court can issue a decree (final decision) or order in any case. This usually happens when a formality is necessary to complete the case. However, he can do this only under the rules decided in the Parliament.
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The Supreme Court can also use it to produce a person in a case, to find any document or evidence, or to investigate or punish a case.
In which cases was it used?
Let us tell you that the Supreme Court had also used this article to provide compensation to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy. Similarly, it has been used in Ayodhya Babri-Ram temple dispute, cancellation of coal block allocation, ban on sale of liquor on highways and many other cases.